1960 Topps #423 Ed FitzGerald
Cards #375-440 were printed on two back stocks, white and gray. White is the scarcer of the two, and the difference is the tint of the cardboard on the reverse — it is a stock variation, not a design change, so both backs read identically.
About Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald spent 12 major-league seasons (1948-1959) as a backup catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators, and Cleveland Indians. Born in Santa Ynez, California, he served in the Army in World War II before signing with the Sacramento Solons organization in 1946 and starring in the Pacific Coast League. Pittsburgh purchased his contract for $40,000 and five players in 1948. As a Pirate he caught Cliff Chambers' May 6, 1951 no-hitter, the club's first since 1907. Claimed by Washington in 1953, FitzGerald became the Senators' starter in 1954, posting career highs of .289 and 115 games, and on June 27, 1958 broke up White Sox lefty Billy Pierce's perfect-game bid with a two-out, ninth-inning pinch-hit double. Traded to Cleveland on May 25, 1959, he played 49 games before a broken thumb ended his season; Cleveland kept him on as player-coach in 1960, the role he held when this high-number Series 5 card reached packs in both common gray-back and scarcer white-back varieties. He finished with a .260 average, 542 hits and 19 home runs in 807 games.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 331 | 0 | 21 | 139 | 106 | 45 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Neither grader separates the white and gray back stocks on this card, so the counts below cover both. The Venezuelan issue, the 1960 Topps Tattoos and Bazooka are separate products and are not counted here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1960 Topps #423 card?
It is card #423 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed FitzGerald.
Does #423 come with a white or a gray back?
Both. Cards #375-440 were printed on two back stocks and white is the scarcer of the two. Neither PSA nor SGC separates them in its population report, so the graded counts on this page cover both stocks together.
How many cards are in the 1960 Topps Baseball set?
572 cards, numbered 1-572, issued in seven series - the last Topps flagship printed entirely horizontally. Cards #375-440 exist on two back stocks, white and gray, which collectors chasing every printed variety count as 638 pieces of cardboard in all.
Sources: Trading Card Database, Cardboard Connection, the PSA price guide, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-08-20.